Subject: Re: [PATCH] remove protocol from gravatar and picon links for clear if Gitweb is being called through a secure server

From: Jonathan Nieder <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:39:02 -0800

Junio C Hamano wrote:

> I am sure mixed content warning was the primary motivation of the
> patch.

Sure, but that's not enough motivation for me to like it. ;-)
The privacy aspect is enough to motivate it for me.

>         Do we know these external sites actually server what we want
> over https://?

Yep.  cs.indiana.edu/cgi-pub/kinzler/piconsearch.cgi and
www.gravatar.com/avatar both support https and return the expected
responses for queries over https.